Hair-curling device



March 4, 1924. 1,485,506

B. E. lKAS HAIR CURLING DEVICE Filed Sept. 27. 1922 gmwnkoz 5022i a-ra 5. [K05 Patented Mar. 4, 1924.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARBARA E. IRAs, a,

citizen of the United States, residing at" Newark, in the county of Essex and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Curling Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved hair curling device and seeks as one of its principal objects to provide a simple, inexpensive device particularly adapted for the curling of bobbed hair.

'A further object of this invention, is to provide a simple hair curling; device which will permit of the curling of the outer end portions of the hair. i

A further object of provide an extremely simple hair curling device which may lee-readily manufactured, and which will prove durable and eflicient in operation.

A further object is to provide a hair curler including main and auxiliary clips one of which constitues a form or mandril upon which the hair may be wound and the other a tension device adapted to engage the hair and impart the desired set or curl thereto.

A further object is to provide a hair curler the construction of which is such as to effectually grip the hair and thereby prevent accidental slippage or displacement of the device during the curling operation.

Further objects and advantages will be apparent during course of the following description and by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, the several parts thereof being designated by like numerals in all of the views,

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view showing the invention applied and also showing the method of application of the main clip of the invention to the end portions of the hair.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the complete invention showing in full lines the main and supplementary clips-of the invention separated, and showing in'dotted lines the supplementary clip applied upon the main clip.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section through the center of the complete invention.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 tary.

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whieh aeeei applied fie g i 1 clip. 4

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. n ller i mitv bif ih ch The other and Fr -613: es Qt he tr p s be t aqk aga ii t he shaiili foijiri l g. a loop? tha tongue" 8; said tongiie being curved towards the shank and made with; a tapering "rdu'nded, end 9"whifchQ ges been; the andholds the" tongue securely a ainst; the shank 3. When theIendQQ, isv disengaged f i i h y' Oif flielf lipi tends toseparate'the 'tongue'jand shan and ermit the iaeingef an In the loops 4 and 7 a re' c'ut small slotsTIO of the clip. These hook sat'the me ee."

slots are narrow in order not to interfere with theresiliency of the clip and extend but about half way around the loops. The supplementary clip 2 is likewise made from a single, narrow, thin strip of resilient metal and is formed as a slightly curved or dished shank 11 having one end portion bent into a loop and hook l2 and the other end'portion out much narrower than the shank 11 and bent into a small hook. 13. In using the conventional types of clip curlers, the hair is wound about a shank 0r former,beginning near the roots and finishing at the ends of the hair, after which the tongue is clipped over the roll of hair. It is a wellknown fact that the end portions of the hair, being last wound on such a clip, easily slip off and are not curled. This invention aims to overcome this difliculty and provide a clip curler that will efiiciently curl the end portions of hair, I which curling is especially desirable for bobbed hair. By referring to Figure 1 the application of this curler will be apparent. The clip 1 is opened, hair 14 is placed between the tongue 8 and shank 3 and the clip is closed, the resiliency of the clip holding the hair within it. The clip 1 is then drawn out until it engages only the extreme end portions of the hair and is then rotated, thereby winding the hair about both shank and tongue of the clip until the desired length of hair is wound thereon. The clip 2 is then applied outside of the roll 15 of hair by engaging the small hook 13 in either of the slots 10 in the loops a or 7 and engaging the hook 12 about the opposite loop, the inherent resiliency of the inwardly curved or dished portion of the shank holdin said shank tightly against the hair.

hus it will be seen that the end portions of the hair are in the center of the roll and cannot possibly slip out of the curler and are curled all the more efficiently for being so po- 1 separate independent supplementary clip sitioned. It is of course to be understood that the illustration shows the preferred embodiment of the invention and that such slight changes'may be made in the invention as are within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed a new is:

1. A hair curler including a clip for attachment to a lock of hair to be rotated for rolling the hair about the clip and provided at one end with an opening, and a separate supplementary clip formed at one end with a hook to engage in said opening and provided at its opposite end with means to engage the opposite end of said first mentioned clip coacting with the roll of hair locking said first-mentioned against counter rotation.

with hooks one engageable in either of sa1 clip 3. A hair curler including a clip, and a. 7

provided at its ends with hooks extending in the plane of the latter clip'therebeneath to engage the terminals of the former clip coacting therewith.

4:. A hair curler ineluding a clip proand a separate independentsupplementary clip to overlie said mentioned clip and provided at openings and the other engageable over either of said loops connecting the supplementary clip with said first mentioned clip, the supplementary clip being reversible end fp r end with respect to said first mentioned 0 1p.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

' BARBARA E. IKAS. [L. s.]

.vided at its ends with loops each having an 

